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If you are using a member of your youth training staff, much of this may already be known. If not, it is critical that any candidates go through a thorough evaluation of skills, personality and background screening.
All volunteers involved with teenagers should undergo background screenin. US Sailing has partnered with National Center for Safety Initiatives to provide members access to the same comprehensive background screening programs that US Sailing utilizes at significantly reduced prices. Information can be found here:
http://ussailing.org/background-screening
4. Meet with the Owner
Prior to launching the program the Volunteer Leader, Boat Owner and designated Instructor/ Coach should get together to review the program and also tour the boat and subsequently increase familiarity of the teaching platform. Make sure make sure the vessel has all the necessary equipment and safety gear and that the owner has the proper insurance or the club has the operation covered with US Sailing’s borrowed boat insurance. Be sure to discuss limiting factors such as wind and weather, when the boat will not go out sailing. If time permits, it’s also advisable to take the boat for a sail.
Please reference the document “Owners eeting checklist” for information that should be specifically covered during that meeting.
5. Hold an open house for parents
This is the opportunity to cover how the course will operate and what the students need to participate. If some are previous sailing school students, they will already know about life jackets, hats, sunscreen, boat shoes, etc., but since the course is open to teens new to sailing as well, this meeting is a good time to review everything and assume nothing of the teens or their parents. This is also a good time to explain your waiver policy, what it includes, and have the parent(s) sign on behalf of the student.
Use this meeting to cover safety aspects of the program and, if convenient and possible, to arrange a tour of the borrowed boat that will be used. It may even be possible to consider arranging an outing aboard the boat at the beginning and conclusion of the course for parents. The experience will allow the parents to experience the environment in which their children will be learning and, at the end of training, to see the sort of team the crew has formed.
Consider handing out the evaluations to attending parent(s) or other invited attendees if there are any questions about what the course will educationally accomplish.
Club Owned Boats & Commercial Schools
If your organization owns the boat, the JBBS training situation changes under the Coast Guard rules. The Coach will then be required to have a Coast Guard license to conduct classes on the boat, because a club owned boat is then classified as a commercial vessel under their rules and the students have paid a fee to be aboard. Again, a license is not required of the Coach with the use of a volunteered boat. (See Coast Guard letter on Page 40).
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